Patristic legacy

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St Ignatius-(Bryanchaninov). Love of God

Bishop Ignatius was a prominent Orthodox spiritual writer of nineteenth century Russia. Born of a noble family, he completed an education in engineering in St. Petersburg under the patronage of Emperor Nicholas I and was destined for a brilliant worldly career.

St Seraphim of Viritsa. This Was From Me

Inasmuch as the above text was distributed for from hand-to-hand in samizdat form for several decades, printed versions include competing explanations of its authorship and origin. The most common attribution is to St Seraphim of Viritsa, who was said to have written it in 1937 to a certain bishop, his spiritual son, who was at the time in prison.

The Monk Paisius of the Holy Trinity. About the Fishery of God about Man

Saint Seraphim of Sarov On Acquisition of the Holy Spirit

Saint Seraphim of Sarov was born in 1759, in city of Kursk. His parents were pious Orthodox Christians, examples of true spirituality. At the age of ten, Seraphim was miraculously healed from a serious illness by means of the Kursk icon of the Theotokos. As a boy, he immersed himself in church services and church literature.

Sola Scriptura In the Vanity of Their Minds

The Church as the Body of Christ

Did the Mother of God enter the temple? Confession of a Doubter

A friend once told me about an article on one religious website on the feast of the Entrance of the Most Pure Theotokos into the Temple. The article essentially stated that there was no entrance into the temple—that is what "many scholars" say, and as we know, "many scholars" make no mistakes.